كدا

See also: گدا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• կէտա (geda), կէտայ (geday) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گدا (gadā).

Noun

گدا • (geda) (definite accusative گدای (gedayı), plural گدایان (gedayan))

1. beggar, mendicant

   Synonyms: دیلنجی (dilenci), سائل (sa’il)

Adjective

كدا • (geda)

1. poor

   Synonyms: فقیر (fakir), یوقسول (yoksul)

Derived terms

• گدایانه (gedayane, “beggarly”)
• گدایی (gedayi, “beggary”)

Descendants

• Turkish: geda

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “geda”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1670a
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980), “gedâ”, in Türk argosu: Inceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1)‎ (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 338a
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912), “كدا”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 660b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كدا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1016b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “geda”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841), “կէտա”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 411b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كدا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1530a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901), “گدا”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1151c